Prepare to take a step back into the tenth century. Angkor Wat’s magnificent construction draws you in and once you have the opportunity to walk around the site it is hard not to feel as if you were an ancient Khmer. The whole experience will leave your eyes dazzled...
Author: Chea Choeun
Making Movies
Our names are Liron and Nitzan, 24 and 21 years old, from Israel. We have been traveling in Southeast Asia for the past three months; we already have been in Thailand, Laos, Nepal and Burma. We looked for a way to combine volunteering in our trip, and Cambodia seemed...
Brook’s visit to new wells in the countryside
When I decided to donate a well during my stay at the Journeys Within B&B earlier this month, I asked John if I could visit the site of my future well. He said he could do one better: I could spend a morning visiting new wells with the scholarship students who...
Brook with JWOC’s loan recipients
While visiting Cambodia earlier this month, I had the opportunity to meet some of JWOC’s loan recipients.Here are their stories:Kheng Lerb lives in a small, thatch-walled house with her husband and eight—that’s right, eight—children. She operates a makeshift general...
TravelAid – Final Days
It’s our last day working for JWOC, and the month seems to have gone by in no time. We’ve been massively busy this last week, trying to wrap up everything before we go. So for the micro credit project, we went over all the different documents we’d created, making sure...
TravelAid – Water Well Testing
We’re halfway through our third week, am I’m amazed at how quickly it has gone. Being part of the well testing and scouting has taken up most of our mornings. The work we’ve done has been really interesting – always varied, and I feel we’ve accomplished a lot. By now...
TravelAid – End of Week 3
Week 3 is already over. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday we are going to visit the temples of Angkor. After 20 days in Siem Reap we will at last discover its major attraction! Still, quite a few things happened in this very short week. Sunday afternoon, JWOC held its...
TravelAid – End of Week Two
Markus Wegelius and University Scholar Se in back with children from Dai Thmei Village, Siem Reap, Cambodia. Already the end of the second week! It is Sunday and we surprisingly were able to wake ourselves up bright and early to start another busy day of work at JWOC....
Ari – Business Training Volunteer
I had the pleasure to volunteer for the Village Microfinance Fund project for about 3 weeks. I worked closely with another volunteer and both were encouraged to discuss any changes that we thought were needed. We also got to interview villagers with the scholars.Early...